The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-09-16
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me Attitude ~ Mr.. Randall ~ Relate.
Thereto and the Intent ~ the canfrres.
--1he sugar Tnrinsss fsctor ofthe Iii.
oussi0l.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Q. - congres.ma,
Mills, Of Texas, continues 70 deny d.
statements that he has taken part II ths
Oak View conferences. There u no douh,
however. that his views on the iinportan,
tariff questio will soon be- sought by IN.
President, especially o Mr.. Mills Il slated
for the craftsmanship 81 the WAYS ans
means committee Mr.. Randall's positlo,
Il defined by one In his confidence, whe
claims TO know what be Il talking about
As follows:
"Mr Randall has no desire to take par<
In the conference at all. He stands exact.
~ where he stood last winter, and de.
mands exactly what he demanded IN tba
bill then introduced by him. lie insistsop
the abolition Of the tobacco tax. and 81 Al
taxes on alcoholic spirits used IN the arts
and sciences, but will not consent 10 anv
disturbance Of the iron or wool tariff. Il
IL safe TO say that Mr.. Randall will make
no compromises with this position III
believes he has q stronger following ii the
Fiftieth Congress than he had IN the
Forty eighth or Forty ninth, and accord.
Ingly grows sitter every day. On the
other hand, the conferees at Oak View
have not thought OF inviting Mr.. Randau
to participate IN the framing OF the Ad.
ministration Revenue bill. His attitude
Is 80 sharply defined that II would be inn
possible TO regard him as harmonious
ingredient. The plan IL 20 formulate the
bill first and then 20 invite Mr.. Randall Ia
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been the plan from the outset. There /,
no talk in any responsible quarter q
reading OF Mr.. Randall out Of the party.
or Of treating him with any degree q
discourtesy and contempt. The iAdmn-
istration bill will be prepared, and then
Mr.. Randall, in common with Other DEM
ocrats Of prominence, will b. asked 20
vote for II. II he can not do So that will
be his affair.""
This IL m accurate and authentic state
ment Of Mr.. Randall's relation TO the con-
ference now holding At Oak View. and in
cidentally Of the relations Of the Oak View
conferees to Mr.. Randall.
Apropos Of the sugar tariff 10 IL under.
stood that Mr.. Randall will resist any at.
tempt to disturb IL, ct least during the
next session Of Congress. He regards the
sugar tarln ~ the only fccVknit &C.
corded the South in the protection
scheme, and insists that II be preserved
Furthermore, Il IL his opinion that the
abolition OF the tax would not give the
country cheaper sugar, since Spain, which
IL sadly out at elbow and conspicuonsly
frugal, would in such an event, at once afiix
an export duty to the article and thereby
transfer to its own treasury the revenue
we had resigned.
It Il worthy Of remark just here that
Messers. Carlisle, Morrison, Frank Hurd
and the leaders of the revenue reform
movement, who also object to the aboli-
ton Of the sugar tariff, proceed upon q
totally different hypothesis. They hold
that the tax on sugar il not protective
but is essentially q revenue tax. They
say, Is Is notoriously the fact, that the
sugar tariff protects practically nothing
and nobody. II yields some 500 100000 Of
revenue. but does not involve protection e
the extent OF more than one-sixteenth Of
that sum. They adopt thu
sugar tax, therefore, on economic
principles, and not as q temporary part,
expedient.